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By Patrick, on February 26th, 2010 Well, I’ve decided. McClain has sat around too long getting handouts from Mom and Dad. After three months, it’s time he finally do what the rest of have to do: work. Yep, he’s gonna get a job. I’m not sure what he wants to do with his life, but I guess he’ll have to figure it out soon because sooner rather than later he’s gonna have to pull his own weight (which is quite hefty I might add) around here or get kicked out to the curb. I’m serious. These are difficult times, and he needs to get his butt
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By Patrick, on February 24th, 2010 So I’m not usually one to comment on such issues, but I was reminded the other day about a little-known domestic factoid: dust bunnies are extremely intelligent. Now you make think that dust bunnies are really inanimate objects made up of things like lint, dust, animal hair, dust mites and general goo, but in reality, when combined, it equals a smart and savvy creature.
You see, as I was vacuuming the other day, I sucked up a fair number of the lesser dust bunnies and crud on the floor. I thought it looked pretty good so I put up the
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By Brianna, on February 22nd, 2010 You have most likely noticed that our posting frequency has taken a nose dive the last couple of weeks. We haven’t abandoned our blog, we just haven’t exactly hit our stride yet. See working + parenting = fail. We should have known, because parenting without working was kicking our collective ass, now it’s just twice the insanity.
It’s not like parenting is bad, or that work is that bad, it is that time of day when you are trying to do both that sucks. It is called: Getting Ready In The Morning. This one action requires strategic planning in the
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By Patrick, on February 20th, 2010 So when I see a really large (overbese) person in one of those motorized scooters, I always ask myself “which came first, the bulk or the scooter?” Did they become fat because they tooled around in a scooter for too long, or did the scooter come after the fatness had already materialized?
And what’s up with large people using the scooters meant for the handicapped. You know, the people that actually NEED them? Come on. And it seems that this sentiment is pretty universal. Just Google “fat people” and “scooter” and look at all the responses you get.
Overall, I
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By Patrick, on February 18th, 2010 As I was teaching class the other night, I had a thought. “Is there really such a thing as a stupid question?” I got thinking about it and here’s what I’ve come up with. The important aspect about a stupid question is not actually the question itself, it’s where you are when you ask it.
For example, if you are in a classroom and a stupid utterance comes out, that’s one thing. You’re there to learn. And obviously people have different knowledge levels of subjects. So to me, there’s really no stupid question in a classroom. However, there are plenty
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By Patrick, on February 16th, 2010 So we’re hiring for a part-time position at work. And let me tell you, there have been some doozies for resumes. But today, I received this one (via email, of course) today that made me laugh just a little bit harder:
Hi, Mr. Willis. Last week, I e-mailed to you a cover letter and my resume in application for the opening for an interpreter at the —— —– ——–. I never trust e-mail completely. Will you please confirm that you received my materials? Thank you. Yeah, I can never trust email completely either. That’s why I make sure to send another email. Because email
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By Patrick, on February 15th, 2010 Look below this post! Our first “negative” comment! (At least I think it’s supposed to be.) We’re finally striking a chord with some of you. That’s what we want to see: Give us some emotion! How do you feel about all the important shit that this website’s all about? If you disagree with what we have to say, tell us why! (And if you want US to give a shit about what YOU say, try to actually support your feelings with a reason or two instead of just writing some lame-ass short comment). But really, we ARE excited!! Thanks Interwebs!
By Patrick, on February 15th, 2010 I know last post I said I wasn’t going to be funny; which this likely won’t be, but I had to muse. I am pretty sure that I could be more capable at forecasting the weather in Western North Carolina than weather.com or WLOS. I’ll use today as an example. I was supposed to return to work today. However, due to the sunshine the campus was closed.
I know that this morning it was snowing/sleeting and I know the National Weather Service had issued a Winter Storm Warning, but when I looked at the radar it looked pretty damn clear
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By Brianna, on February 14th, 2010 So, I’ve come to the realization that I am just not that humorous. In my head a lot of my posts are funny, then when I read them later they come off as kinda bitchy. Which, is actually funny, since it feels like High School all over again. At this point you might be nodding in agreement and saying to yourself, “Yes, we already figured this out. Now why is she telling us this?”
Since, I’ve decided I’m mostly not funny (sometimes I get a good post in there occasionally) I’m going to leave the humor to Patrick, but like
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By Patrick, on February 10th, 2010 So one of the great perks about my job is that every once in a while I get to go to a conference. Conferences are like dentist appointments during the workday-You know you want to get out of the office and maybe be able to go home a little early, but at the same time you know it’s going to suck for the time you’re there. But today’s conference had a special caveat-it was literally right across the street from my office. It’s like looking at your dentist’s office just before you have to go. You don’t want to, but
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